Awakened at 2:00 AM by nature warbling outside my window.
My first thought was coyotes. They’ve been known to wake me up with their midnight laughter. But this was more plaintive, less mocking. My wife suggested skunks. My second thought was prairie dogs; their yelping and barking have woken me before as well. But this sounded more… feline.
Like a skunk, my wife said. Like young skunks.
So maybe it was skunks. I shook my fist out the window and wished they would just spray things quietly and let me sleep.